House prices rose 0.8% this month

The latest national housing survey from Hometrack shows that average prices grew by 0.8% in March, up from 0.7% the previous month. The annual rate of growth now stands at 6.7% – the highest annual rate since June 2003.

Face-to-face financial advice is the key to helping to bridge the UK’s £2.3trillion protection gap, claims Co-operative Insurance. Its research has found personal advice is a key factor in encouraging previous non-savers to get into the savings habit – a process that should be replicated in the protection market.

Brokers predict equity release will be the biggest specialist growth area in the over the next 10 years, independent research commissioned by BM Solutions reveals.The One Specialist survey asked 200 intermediaries which specialist products they thought had the greatest potential growth for over the next 10 years and 47% of respondents expect this area to […]